Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which rose 1.48% or 3.10 points to trade at 212.40 at the close. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) added 0.79% or 2.75 points to end at 349.50 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 0.31% or 0.95 points to 306.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which lost 5.72% or 3.52 points to trade at 58.00 in late trade. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) declined 3.83% or 0.25 points to end at 6.27 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) shed 3.62% or 0.42 points to 11.18.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 377 to 166 and 173 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.19% or 0.58 to $49.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.41% or 0.73 to hit $52.38 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.67% or 20.69 to trade at $1257.09 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.19% to 4.1845, while USD/PLN fell 0.26% to 3.7576.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 97.55.